president obama is his latest subject. over six months he had the rare opportunity to speak with and observe the president. the interviews took place in a variety of locations-- air force one, oval office and, of course, on a basketball court. his profile is in the october issue of "vanity fair" magazine. it's called "obama's way." i am pleased to have michael lewis back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: "boomerang" is out in paper back. we should say that to give credit to credit. how did this come about? why you? >> that's a great question. i didn't want to ask him that because i was afraid he might have second thought btss about it. >> rose: right, right. >> here's what happened. last november i was just coming off the book tour for "boomerang" and i knew i had to write a screenplay in the next six months and i didn't have time to write it into a book. i thought what would be a fun piece of journalism to do? i'd been struck through the course of not just this president's administration but previous